Julia Gamolina – USA
Founder & Editor of Madame Architect
Founding member of The Wing
Working in the built environment and dedicated to the empowerment, advancement, and visibility of the women who work in it, Julia Gamolina is the Founder and Editor of Madame Architect. She has published to date 50 interviews with women who advance the practice of architecture. She is also a Founding Member of The Wing, a network of community spaces for women, and handles business development at FXCollaborative, focusing on cultural and institutional projects. Julia is based in New York City, with roots in Siberia, Toronto, and Colorado.
She started her career working on headquarters for tech and media companies with A+I, and on high end residential projects with Studio V. Her student positions have taken her to Brazil and Austria, where she also worked on cultural projects. Julia received her Bachelor of Architecture at Cornell University, graduating with the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal for exceptional merit in the thesis of architecture for her thesis on headquarters for the Burberry brand. Recent speaking engagements have included presentations at Harvard, Cornell, Yale, and the Pratt Institute.